Charles Rumford Walker

Background

Walker, Charles Rumford was born on July 31, 1893 in Concord, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Charles Rumford and Frances (Sheafe) Walker.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1916.

Career

Served as First lieutenant C.A.C., during World War. With American Expeditionary Forces, September 1918-February 1919. Worked in steel mills.

Assistant editor Atlantic Monthly, 1922-1923.

Associate editor Independent, 1924-1925. Associate editor The Bookman, 1928-1929.

Secretary Yale University War Council, 1942. Assistant secretary Yale University, 1942-1945, director research in technological and industrial relations, 1945-1962, retired, 1962, fellow emeritus Berkeley College, Yale, 1962, curator technical, society collection U. library, Yale, 1962-1974.

Consultant automation World Health Organization, 1957.

Guggenheim fellow in history, 1938-1939. Senior research fellow Yale, 1956. Bollingen fellow, 1959.

Achievements

• Charles Rumford Walker has been listed as a notable writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served as First lieutenant C.A.C., during World War. Member Society Applied Anthropology (president), Phi Beta Kappa, Psi Upsilon. Club: Tavern (Boston).

Connections

Married Adelaide Haley George, October 28, 1928. Children: Charles Rumford, Daniel Sheafe.

Father:

Charles Rumford Walker

Mother:

Frances (Sheafe) Walker

Spouse:

Adelaide Haley George

child:

Daniel Sheafe Walker

child:

Charles Rumford Walker